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[Νίκος Αλεξανδρής <nikos.alexandris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeremy,

unfortunately I don't have currently the time to do a detailed testing.
Under Kubuntu Karmic (no more Gnome here right now) the error message I
get following the same steps as described in the bug report is: "Unable
to open X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for writing."

I installed the latest upstream kernel, namely "linux-
image-2.6.34-020634rc5-generic" and the machine does not boot at all.

Apologies that I can't be of any help right now.

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Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469729
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
On a MacBookPro 5,1 and a clean install of Karmic, 64-bit the steps to repeat are:

System > Administration > NVIDIA X Settings > X Server Display Configuration > (Set things for external LCD... ) > Apply > Save to X Configuration File

will result in:

Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!

The same when launching from the terminal as a superuser. In the past (under Jaunty 64-bit, at least) the superuser "method" was working.


Output of:

[1] uname - a: Linux vertical 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[2] cat /proc/version_signature, [3] dmesg and [4] sudo lspci -vnvn (will be) attached as files.